Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords
Stay safe (Long, mixed, not guessable): Length: at least 12 characters (letters, digits and symbols all count). Mix: at least 3 kinds — small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols. Not guessable: no name, no year or birthday, no common word like password, qwerty or welcome. Break any one rule and the password is weak.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampLakeWolf50 (b) Nisha2013
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum@plum@boat@17 (b) qwerty31
- 3.🔐 “kitetoastcorn50” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 4.🔐 “cloudhilllotusfern” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 5.🔐 Is “lotus_neem_rain_37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan@Cloud@64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 8.🔐 “leafseedwheel74” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonpondkite76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “Welcome!Seed49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainPlumLeaf20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “frogvineseed56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickbellfern36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein58 (b) River#Neem#Wheel10
- 15.🔐 Is “password28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “Arjun2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “admin43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 19.🔐 Is “lampferncornwheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship-51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Pond82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedDustHill15 (b) nestfrogfern71
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “drumlamptent46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “neemcornpondgold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 “Wheel.25” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 26.🔐 “Boat-21” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 27.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
- 28.🔐 “Nest!17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafCloudTent35 (b) Boat!Ship!2013
- 30.🔐 “Cloud#68” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemvinegoldpond (b) river#rain#lamp#87
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!Neem!2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “mango.brick.boat.50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “Neem#Cloud#2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “qwerty45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “Tent#Bell#Wheel18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond_Cloud_River58 (b) Brick@88
- 38.🔐 Is “Fern_Brick_Hill30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 “Welcome_Lake87” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 40.🔐 “Gold#Toast#2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
Answer key
- LampLakeWolf50
- drum@plum@boat@17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 15
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- weak
- 3
- weak
- 2
- River#Neem#Wheel10
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 12
- weak
- 7
- 15
- SeedDustHill15
- 14
- weak
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- in your head
- shorter than 12
- LeafCloudTent35
- shorter than 12
- river#rain#lamp#87
- 4
- strong
- weak
- weak
- strong
- Pond_Cloud_River58
- strong
- has a common word
- has a name or year
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